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to slip off

3

coachman; driver; cabman; postilion

6

windpipe

1

to cut; to slit

1

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

assassin; to assassinate

14

assailant; marauder

1

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

1

leg strength; walking ability; running ability

2

anything and everything; just about everything

1

horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

3

moving about; stirring about

2

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

2

night sky

2

moon; month

1

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

1

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

4

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

2

falling over; toppling sideways

1

hair's breadth

1

to mediate; to intervene

1

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

1

hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)

1

possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely

1

official; civil service

2

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

2

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

3

portion; section; part

2

jet black

1

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

1

central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses

1

to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel

1

to jump up and down; to hop

1

both hands

1

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

1

to spring at; to leap upon

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

2

fatal wound

2

laceration

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

2

unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)

1

able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability

1

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

1

wound suffered in a fight

1

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

2

to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

1

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

2